January 31, 2025

Daily Thought from the Saints

"If you become Christ's you will stumble upon wonder upon wonder, and every one of them true."

— St. Brendan of Birr

Daily Scripture Verse

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult."

Psalm 46: 1-3

Daily Meditation

"The Passion is described as the mystery of Christ’s suffering. It was a mystery at the time because people could not reconcile it with what they had expected. In the sense that we can never fully understand the idea of God suffering, the Passion is still a mystery. Now if our sufferings are somehow or other to fit into the Passion of Christ—and this is no fiction because this is where they belong—there will surely be an element of mystery about them. They will make demands on our faith."

—Fr. Hubert van Zeller, OSB

Daily Catholic Wisdom

Sins against the virtue of hope fall into three categories. The first is indifference—either toward God’s promises or toward spiritual values in general. This is a widespread sin, although it is hardly recognized by those who are guilty of it.

—Fr. Roch Kereszty, O.Cist. and Fr. Denis Farkasfalvy, O.Cist.
from their book, “Theology in Practice: Joy: A Beginner’s Guide to the Spiritual Life”

A Prayer from Notre Dame University

David Murray, C.S.C.

You scatter the seed of your Word into our minds and hearts. Give us the grace this day to recognize the seed that you have planted, waiting, like the mustard seed, to sprout into the largest of plants. As we continue celebrating Catholic Schools Week, may we thank our teachers who do the work of the sower by speaking the word to their students and planting the Good News of the Gospel through their example. We ask this through the name of Christ the Teacher. Amen.